Windows 10: Add or Remove Power Menu Icon on Sign-in Screen in Windows 10

How to: Add or Remove Power Menu Icon on Sign-in Screen in Windows 10

How to Add or Remove Power Menu Icon on Sign-in Screen in Windows 10


The Power menu on the sign-in screen can allow users to restart the PC without having to sign in to Windows.

The Shutdown: Allow system to be shut down without having to log on security policy setting determines whether a device can be shut down without having to log on to Windows.

This tutorial will show you how to add or remove the Power menu icon on the sign-in screen for all users in Windows 10.

*Warning You must be signed in as an administrator to be able to add or remove the Power menu icon from the sign-in screen.


CONTENTS:

• Option One: To Add or Remove Power Menu Icon on Sign-in Screen using Local Security Policy
• Option Two: To Add or Remove Power Menu Icon on Sign-in Screen using a REG file

EXAMPLE: Power menu icon on sign-in screen










OPTION ONE [/i] To Add or Remove Power Menu Icon on Sign-in Screen using Local Security Policy

*note The Local Security Policy is only available in the Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise, and Education editions.

All editions can use Option Two below.
1. Open Local Security Policy (secpol.msc).

2. Expand open Local Policies in the left pane, and click/tap on Security Options. (see screenshot below)



3. In the right pane of Security Options, double click/tap on the Shutdown: Allow system to be shut down without having to log on policy to open its properties. (see screenshot above)

4. Select (dot) Enabled (add - default) or Disabled (remove) for what you want, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)



5. When finished, you can close the Local Security Policy window if you like.





OPTION TWO [/i] To Add or Remove Power Menu Icon on Sign-in Screen using a REG file

*note The downloadable .reg files below will add and modify the DWORD value in the registry key below.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

shutdownwithoutlogon DWORD

0 = Remove
1 = Add


1. Do step 2 (add) or step 3 (remove) below for what you would like to do.


2. To Add Power Menu Icon to Sign-in Screen
*note This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Add_Power_menu_to_Sign-in_screen.reg

Download

3. To Remove Power Menu Icon from Sign-in Screen
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Remove_Power_menu_from_Sign-in_screen.reg

Download
4. Save the .reg file to your desktop.

5. Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

6. When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

7. If you like, you can now delete the downloaded .reg file.

That's it,
Shawn


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Power Options on Sign-in Screen


Hello PJLLB,

Yes, you should have a Power options button on your sign-in screen.

You might check to see if the tutorial below may help add it back. It'll be the same in Windows 10.

Shutdown Power Menu - Add or Remove from Sign in Screen

 

Feature suggestion: Add right-click menu

Suggestion: Please add a Windows 7 Jump-List and/or right-click menu to the GPU-Z icon in the Windows taskbar. Possible menus in it would be "Exit" and "About GPU-Z...".
Maybe also "Switch to tab 1/Switch to tab 2/Switch to videocard 1/Switch to videocard 2" too.
Examples of programs that have such menus are ICQ, Skype, AIM.

NOTE: It seems for a right-click menu, Windows 7 is not needed - it works on WinXP and Vista too.
But even a Windows 7 Jump-list may be good enough.
What do you think?

 

Feature suggestion: Add "Options" screen + add icon for it

Suggestion:
The place for the options, namely the top left corner system menu, is a bit strange, most similar programs do not use it like that.
Most programs use a separate Options (or maybe Settings, whichever sounds best) screen.

So, I suggest for the menu items in the system menu to become like this:
Restore
Move
Size
Minimize
Close
Check for Update...
Options
Read Asic Quality
Launch GPU-Z Instaler
About...
(or maybe Always on Top option can also stay)

Also, optionally I suggest adding a Gear or maybe Wrench icon next to the Camera icon in top right.
When that Gear or Wrench icon is clicked, for the Options/Settings screen to appear.
Where we have the Tooltips, Always on Top, Tooltip language and the other options.

What do you think? Thanks for any comments!

NOTE: Also, if the Size system menu item as well as the Restore menu item are not needed, they can both be removed. It is not trivial, but there is a way. *Smile

 

Windows 10 Tweaks

As you may already know, Windows 10 (as well as Windows 8) allow you to log in with a valid Microsoft account, instead of creating a local account that only works on your machine. However, you may prefer to keep a local account for privacy reasons. If you do, though, some Windows 10 features—like Cortana—may not work. Despite the default behavior, the Windows 10 Store is not one of them. You can still log in to your Microsoft account for just the Store without switching to a full Microsoft account. The process, however, is not terribly obvious. To do so, follow these steps:

• Launch the Store from your Start menu.
• Click the user icon next to the search box.
• Click “Sign-in” from the menu that appears.
• Choose “Microsoft account” and log in like normal.
• When the “Make it yours” box appears do not enter your password. Instead, click “Sign in to just this app instead.”

from Lifehacker

 

Feature suggestions - move to proper menus, add Options window

Suggestions:
1) Remove main menus from top left menu (system menu) and move them to a standard Windows menu, at the top.
Leave the 6 system menu items (Restore --- Close) in system menu, move all the rest to that standard main menu. The main menu can be auto-hidable - pressing Alt key to invoke it or hide it, similar to the way IE11 menus and many Windows 10 built-in apps' menus work.

2) And/or, add an Options menu or button, which would invoke a separate screen with GPU-Z Options, similar to how most Windows apps work.
Most Windows apps have a separate Options screen, which GPU-Z lacks - one should be added.

Thanks in advance for listening!